Dominating the airwaves after becoming the first overseas politician to meet Donald Trump he said the billionaire’s aides had noted scathing remarks from some Cabinet Ministers.

He said: “Believe you me, his team are conscious of the comments.”

The UKIP chief and his top aides had an audience with the billionaire at the garish Trump Tower in New York on Saturday night. Afterwards the UKIP group tweeted pictures branding themselves the ‘Brex Pistols’.

The Ukip leader spent an hour with the President-elect at Trump Tower last night

Mr Farage insisted Mr Trump was “very gracious” towards Theresa May in their conversation and that he and his team were “Anglophiles”. He added the President-Elect was keen on moving a famous bust of Winston Churchill back into the Oval Office.

“If he’s so keen to get a job with us let’s hope it’s a good one – like our representative in Outer Mongolia.” Downing Street has repeatedly slapped down any idea of using the UKIP chief, branding him “irrelevant”. A spokesman refused to comment yesterday.

And Crispin Blunt the chair of the cross-party Foreign Affairs Select Committee, yesterday insisted it was “completely implausible” the UKIP leader would take up any intermediary role.

UKIP's Nigel Farage first UK politician to meet Donald Trump since US election
He said: “I think there’s a fantastic opportunity actually for a decent relationship for the United Kingdom with the new administration – and no need for Nigel.”

Trade Secretary Liam Fox was last week reported to have suggested using Nigel Farage in some capacity given his close links with Mr Trump.